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"Prague, Czechia" has a ring to it, doesn't it?

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The Czech Republic Wants to Change Its Name

Welcome to “Czechia”

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Five Fascinating Places to Visit This Obscura Day

<i>Atlas Obscura</i> celebrates all things weird and wonderful worldwide this Saturday

The newly named Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument was ground zero for women's rights during the 20th century.

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The U.S. Finally Has a National Monument That Honors Women’s History

144 Constitution Avenue is now one of the women’s movement’s most significant sites

Major construction: Coming to an art museum near you.

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Museum Building Is Booming in the United States

In a seven-year period, museums in the U.S. spent around $5 billion

Kronborg Castle, listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, is known as the setting of William Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'.

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Celebrate Shakespeare’s Legacy at Hamlet’s Castle

Rest, rest, perturbed spirit! A bed awaits at “Elsinore”

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Researchers Crack Open the Mysterious Plain of Jars

After 80 years, archeologists get the chance to explore the Laotian plateau dotted with giant stone jars

Weird Animals

Eco-Celebrity Crane Inspires Wetland Protection in Taiwan

An endangered Siberian crane that has made Taiwan home is inspiring locals to protect the wetlands

The late Zaha Hadid sits in front of one of her structures, the Serpentine Sackler Gallery in London.

Austria

Here are Seven of Zaha Hadid's Most Stunning Structures

The architect leaves behind an astonishing legacy

A box from Zuppardi's in West Haven, Connecticut.

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Chicago Is Getting a Pizza Museum

Hold the anchovies: This pop-up is a pizza-lover’s dream

A man with a mind-controlled prosthetic competes in a test run of October's Cybathlon in Switzerland.

Switzerland

Switzerland Will Host the First Cyborg Olympics

The “Cybathlon” will show what happens when humans and machines collaborate

A bison takes a stroll down the road in Elk Island National Park, Alberta

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Genetically Pure Bison Will Return to Montana After 100 Years in Exile

Next week, the Blackfeet Tribe will receive 89 buffalo calves that descended from Montana stock in a Canadian National Park

A black rhino takes to the air in the first stage of its venture during the 2013 World Wildlife Fund's Black Rhino Expansion Project.

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Rhinos Will Be Airlifted to Australia to Avoid Poachers

A new project is flying rhinos from South Africa to Australia to create a "biological insurance policy" against increased poaching

A self-portrait made by Johnny Rotten on the walls of the studio where the Sex Pistols recorded their first demos.

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Johnny Rotten's Graffiti Made These Buildings Historic Landmarks

The Sex Pistols’ home and recording studio are now protected as a cultural heritage sites

A red pigment reference from the Forbes Pigment Collection helped prove that a supposed Jackson Pollock painting was a fake.

This Could Be the World’s Most Colorful Library

Harvard’s Forbes Pigment Collection preserves some of history’s most precious colors—and helps conserve the world’s greatest art

"The Last Communion of Joan of Arc" by Charles Henri Michel

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French Theme Park "Battles" British Government to Keep Joan of Arc's Ring

After buying a ring purportedly owned by Joan of Arc, a French history park owner defies UK demands

This 12,000-year-old city could soon be inundated thanks to a hydroelectric dam.

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These Are Europe’s Eight Most Endangered Cultural Landmarks

Unless things change, these historic sites could disappear from the map forever

A cruise ship in Alaska, similar to the one that will cross the Northwest Passage in August

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Cruise Ship Set to Sail the Perilous Northwest Passage

Crystal Cruises will sail a ship with over 1,000 passengers through the legendary—and deadly—Arctic route

Revelers sit on a wall in Mathura.

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A Saturated Snapshot of This Year’s Holi Celebrations

Revelers are already soaking in shades of the spring festival

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Here's Why Some of Yosemite’s Iconic Landmarks Are Being Temporarily Renamed

The U.S. government is battling a private company for the rights to historic names

A room decorated with animal art was designed to look like a forest.

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This Polish Museum Exhibit Was Completely Curated By Kids

“Anything Goes” took six months and 69 children to create

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